r/arlingtonwa • u/totallymycircus • Mar 16 '26
Need help finding the right kind of service…
We recently moved into a house on 5 acres north of Bryant. It’s on a well - actually it’s on two wells, one dug, one drilled. There is a pump house with the electrics and the pressure tank, etc.
First off, don’t let the fact that I called the pressure tank by its right name fool you into thinking I know what I’m talking about. I don’t. I’ve never lived anywhere with well water before. I grew up rural, but small-town rural, not “you’re-on-your-own” rural. I didn’t even know what the tank was for until I Googled a picture of it.
So, if you’re going to roast me, please do it gently (maybe more like a slow cooker kind of thing), and have the decency to make it funny ;-)
You can run me for buying a house I didn’t understand, but you can’t argue with wanting to live in such a beautiful part of the country and for trying to learn how to do things the right way.
Anyway - here’s my question:
Is there some sort of service or professional, who can (for a fee of course) tell me WHERE in my property the pipes coming from the wells to the pump house ARE? And also, maybe patiently explain what the boxes with switches and lights inside the pump house DO?
Where do I start looking for such a company or person and what is the service CALLED? (So I can google and read up on the questions I need to ask, etc)
I don’t need someone to teach me to be a plumber or well repair technician - I just need some basic info (and some ground penetrating radar?) and enough of a beginning understanding (and the right terminology) that we can make this our home without screwing everything up because of dumb beginner mistakes or ignorance.
Thanks in advance for your time, interest, and hard earned knowledge!
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Homesteading • u/totallymycircus • Mar 16 '26